How to convert "SLICED", stl or obj files to JPEG or jpg file?

Hello syed,

Just to give you a little background on .stil files.  They don't natively hold color so your images will be a solid color when printed on a Inkjet based printers.  When you get into the professional grade machines such as Zcorp then the file would be in a .vrml form.  But if you do want just plain colors then I would check out this really nice piece of software http://www.freesteel.co.uk/wpblog/slicer/.  You could also use something like http://slic3r.org/ and export out a .svg file which is vector based image format.  This can be converted to a .png or .jpeg if required depending on your needs.  Hope this gets you started.

Nate

Hi Nate,

Its a pleasure to know you. Thanks a lot for helping.

I am writing what I understand from your instructions. If I have a 3 D file using .svg, I can convert the sliced file into .jpg, file. This .jpg file will print 4 colour printing.Is that correct.

But we need to have 5 colour printer to print WHITE.

Thanks a lot Nate. One by one I will try all the options, or will explore more options, if there are any or if I can find some more. Lets see which one gives the best results.

I am travelling next week and will start working on it as soon as I return, in a 3 weeks.

Syed, I look forward to seeing your project transform.  Keep us posted and don't hesitate to ask questions along the way. I'm sure one of us will be able to point you in the right direction.

Nate

Thanks again. I need a lot of info to carry out the project.

Jonathan Keep has demonstrated, how to make a ceramic 3 D printer. I was wondering, if I make one what quality will it make? If I try to make a statue or miniature of a person, will it print the facial details?

My email address is kamranrizvi@hotmail.com.

syed

Jonathan's ceramic printer will get relatively good resolution for extruding paste.  You wouldn't get nearly as much detail as a FDM/FFF.  What are looking to print in ceramic. You might want to check out filament such a Lay-Ceramic http://www.makergeeks.com/laclba3dfi.html.

Nate

I may build a machine this year for concrete.

I would love to see that.

I was planning to make miniature statues with Jonathan Keep ceramic printer. I believe we  will achieve better results if we use DOSING pump instead of air pressure to move paste. With a dosing pump We can push the paste through a smaller nozzle to achieve better results. The dosing pump can help us control the flow better.

I will ask Jonathan to carry out the test as well.

Adafruit has a peristaltic pump that might work for you.

Thats what I had in mind

Thank you

Thank you